Improvement in dress-pillows



B. & E. awnunmm.

DRESS-PILLOW.

. No. 171,902. Patented Jan.4.1876.

UNITED STA ES PA ENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN WITHERELL, 0E MEDFORD, AND ELISHA B. WITHERELL, 0E EVERETT,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRESS-PILLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171.902, dated January4, 1876 ;v application filed September 23, 1875.

To all whom ti may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN WITHER- ELL, of Medt'ord, and ELISHA B.WITHEEELL, of Everett, both of the county ot'Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improved Dress-Pillow, of which thefollowing is a specification Our invention relates to an improvement inWhat is known as dress-pillows. They are designed to be placed upon thebed in the daytime, and serve the purpose of presenting a neat andhandsome appearance to the bed, being generally made of some materialwhich will serve to keep the pillow in shape.

Our invention consists in making the dresspillow of paste'ooard orpaperstock in the form of an ordinary pillow, and in. two parts, which arehinged or connected together at one side, so that when closed it willconstitute a convenient receptacle for articles of bedding, such assheets and pillow-cases, or for nightdresses, &c. I

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofa-dress-pillow constituting our invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the sameopen, showing its construction, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section ofthe same.

A, Fig. 1, shows the dress-pillow with a case upon it, as it appearswhen placed upon a bed.

a regular pillow is required, the dress-pillow maybe easily removed andplaced under the bed, or otherwise disposed of.

Another great advantage in making the pillow in two parts consists inthe facility of packing and transporting the same. ,The

hinges are designed to be made -so that the two parts B and C may beeasily attached to and detached from each other. v f

When they are to be transported, the two parts are separated, and theycan-be packed one within the other, and thus occupycomparatively a verysmall space, a very large number being capable of packing andgtransportation in this way. i

The paper-pillow may be covered with ticking or other suitable material,to strengthen the article, and when in use it may be confined in a fancypillowcase or covered with what is known among housekeepers as, a sham,which is used for ornamental purposes in covering the ordinary pillow.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

As a new article of manufacture, a dresspillow composed of paper stockor pasteboard, and made in'two parts and hinged together, each partbeing provided at the edges with a wooden frame, whereby the hinges anda springcatch are applied, and so as to form, when closed, a receptaclein the shape of a pillow. all in the manner and for the purposeSubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

J. H. ADAMS, E. A. STocK.

